Hinge.



HINGE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 3. 1914.

Patented Sept. 14, 1915.

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era? 5 CHARLES J. SOSS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSTGNOR OF (ENE-THIRD TO HENRY SOSS AND I ONE-THIRD TO SAMUEL SOSS, BOTH OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

A HINGE.

To all whom it may concern Beit known that I, CHARLES J. Soss, a

citizen of the United States, and residing at NeivYork in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hinges, of

ticularly to what are known as invisible.

hinges, and the object thereof is to provide an improved device of this class designed particularly for use in connection with the doors of automobiles and similar vehicles, and the construction and arrangement of which is such that the door may be detached whenever desired for any purpose without detaching that part of the hinge which is connected with the door framepa further object being to provide a hinge of the class specified which is simple in construction, effective in operation, and which may be used wherever hinges of this class are de sired.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which Figure l is a perspective view of my improved hinge; Fig. 2 a perspective view of one part thereof detached; Fig. 3 aside view of that part of the hinge which is adapted to be connected with the door, part thereof being indicated in dotted lines only; and, Fig. 4 a sectional side view of a portion of that part of the hinge which is adapted to be connected with the door frame.

In the practice of my invention, I provide a hinge of the class specified, comprising in its construction two hinge butts a and b, and the hinge butt a, in practice, is secured to the door frame and countersunk therein inthe usual manner, and the hinge butt 5 is secured to the door in the usual manner.

The hinge butt a comprises, in the construction shown, a U-shaped box member a having parallel sides a provided at their free edges with laterally directed wings a having screw-holes a through which are passed screws to secure said part of the hinge to a door frame, and the U-shaped box Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 14, 1915.

Application filed November 3, 1914. Serial No. 870,051.

member a is open at its opposite sides, in the construction shown,butall sides thereof may be closed, if desired.

The side wings a of the box member a are provided centrally thereof with approximately semi-circular recesses a which open inwardly, and on the inner sides of the recesses a the sides a of the U-shaped box member are provided with laterally directed cars a which are cut from the material of said wings as shown and are provided with screw-holes a and the ears a close the recesses a on the inner sides of the wing a.

The butt a is stamped from sheet metal absolutely essential.

The hinge butt 1) comprises the usual plate I2 and this plate is provided centrally of its outer side with an L-shaped arm 5 and the free end portion Z) of the arm 6 is provided with a pivot pin hole 6 In the construction shown the hinge butt Z2 with its arm is composed of two separate similar parts stamped from sheet metal and secured together by spot welding, forging or in any other way, and each of these parts involve the plate member 6 and a part of the arm 6 I also provide a supplemental hinge member 0 which comprises a U-shaped box parthaving' parallel side plates 0 provided at their free edges with laterally directed ears 0 adapted to enter the recesses a and having screw-holes 0 and the side plates 0 are provided at one corner of their free edges with similar inwardly directed lugs c and the part c is also stamped from sheet metal.

In assembling the parts of this hinge the L-shaped arm 6 of the butt 6 is inserted between the side plates 0 of the part c, and said parts are connected by a pivot pin passed through the hole 72 in the arm 6 and through corresponding holes a in the side plates 0 of the part c, and while the part 0 actually forms a part of the butt I), it is, in practice, secured to the butt a by means of screws d. After the part c has been connected with the arm 12 of the part b in the manner described, said part c is inserted into the hinge butt a as shown in Fig.

1, and in this operation the ears of the part 0 enter the recesses of and the screws (Z are passed through the screw-holes 0 and the screw-holes a and the hinge is ready for use. When the hinge butt (5 has been se'-- cured in the door frame and the hinge butt 6 to the door, the door may be detached 'whenever desired by simply removing the 7 screws d, and the hinge butt a will remain in firm connection with the door frame, and the separate parts of the hinge may be agaln connected and the door secured 1n position 7 by inserting the part a into the hinge butt 0;

and securing it'by the screws (Z as shown and described, and in the operation of opening and closing the door the inwardly directed lugs or projections c of the part 0 limit the outward movement of the door, as will be readily understood, in which operation the arm 5 comes in contact with said lugs or projections.

The general form and arrangement of the parts of this hinge are old, the novel features beingfound in the ears a of the part a which close the inner sides of the recesses 65 and into which the screws cl are passed for securing the part c to the part a, and

said ears a form washers integral with the 7 part a and while said ears are shown and in a stationary support, said part being stamped from sheet metal and comprising a box shaped portion havingparallel side portions provided with free edge portions forming laterally directed'wings in which. are formed recesses back of which are ears Copies of -this patent may be obtained for cut from the material of said wings and integrally connectedwith said side portions and provided with screw holes andi'the length of which is greater than the length of said recesses.

2. A hinge of the class described, comprising a part adapted to be secured ina door frame and a part adapted to be secured to a door, the part which is adapted to be secured in the door frame comprising a box portion having parallel'sidesfprovided with free edges having laterally directed wings provided with recesses inwardly of which are ears provided with screw-holes, and the partwhich is adapted tobe secured to the door frame being provided with'an L-shaped arm, a supplemental partadapted to be secured in the part which is adapted to be secured in the door frame in which the L- shaped arm is pivoted, said supplemental part comprising parallel side plates having free edges provided with laterally directed ears adapted to enter said recesses and-pro vided with screw-holes, said side platesbeing also provided atone of their free edges with inwardly directed lugs.

3. In a. hinge, a part adapted'tobe'secured in a stationary support, said part being stamped from sheet metal and comprising a box-shaped portion having parallel side portions provided with free edge portions forming laterally directed wings in which are formed recesses back of which are ears cut from the material of saidfwings and integrally connected with said side portions and provided with screw holes. 7

V In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signedmy name in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 2nd day of November, 1914.

' CHARLES J. SO'SS.

Witnesses:

C. MULREANY, H. E. THOMPSON.

five cents eachrbyaddressing the Commissioner of'latehts,

Washington, D. C. 

